Clothes-drier.



I PATENTED JULY 5, 1904.

G.H-0RVATH.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.15 1904.

N0 MODEL.

[N VEN TOR. 1 1% B Y A TTORNE Y WITNESSES.

Nirne STATES Patented July 5, 1904;

GEORGE HORVATH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MEYER BERGER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,979, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed February 15, 1904. Serial No. 193,541. (No model.)

I citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to clothes-driers adaptedto be used in laundries or other dryingrooms; and the invention consists in the construction of the drier substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the drier. Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the series of removable drier-bars.

As thus shown, the drier comprises a frame A, which is mostly of a skeleton pattern and which is about five feet high and about seven feet long as it is ordinarily made, and is provided with casters, so that it may be easily moved about over the floor, here and there, and when out of use he moved against the wall and occupy comparatively little space, as the width of the frame is about three feet approximately. Within this frame I have a cabinet O, closed all around and with a door at either or both ends and adapted to receive clothing and ironing boards B and other things, and two ironing-boards are shown in this instance, which are placed in this cabinet when not in use, where they are out of the way and kept clean. Either soiled or washed clothing awaiting ironing may be placed in the'cabinet at either end.

The means for supporting the clothes are connected with the exterior of frame A and comprise, first, a series of pivotally-supported arms D at each side, the series on each side being pivoted upon a longitudinal rod E or equivalent means of support at the upper portion of the main frame at each side, and

these arms are adapted to be raised to a horizontal position and locked therein for use and to drop down out of the way, as also shown 5 in Fig. 1, at both sides. The said arms are furthermore located as closely together as the service will permit and are of a length to receive the smaller articles in a wash, and as many of the said arms may be used as may be 5 5 necessary at a time; but for the longer and heavier articles, such as sheets and blankets and the like, I provide a series of longitudinal bars F, supported on a transverse rod G at each end. Said rods are supported in brack- 6o ets g or their equivalent on the top of frame A and are slidable, removable, and interchangeable from side to side. If it should not be convenient to use the bars F on one side, the said rods G are transferred to the 5 other side to use them there, and there area series of these bars F, and as many may be placed upon the rods G in any washing as may be needed or as there may be room to accommodate. The said bars F are placed 7 on the rods G one at a time as an article is hung up, and the said bars have sleeved ends f, forming a T shape at each end, with said sleeves freely slidable on rods G, and as Wash is hung on a bar it is pushed back and then another bar can be placed in position and the article to be dried put thereon, and so on to the end. This can be done on one side of the main frame while the arms D are down on that side and up on the other side for use. When not in use, the bars F are taken down and stowed away within the cabinet, where they are inclosed and kept clean. A horizontal rotatable button or lock (Z engages over each extension d of arms D at their rear 5 behind their pivots to lock said arms in raised position.

structurally the arms D are made with separate metallic heads with laterally-extending sleeve-bearings engaged on pivot-rods E there- 9 for, and extensions CZ are integral with said heads, and the arms proper, D, are of wood fixed to said heads. Ironing-boards B are slidably supported between cleats Z) within IO separate removable longitudinal drier-bars upon said rods, whereby facilities are provided for drying the larger articles in a wash, substantiallyasset forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifica tionin the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HoRvA'rH.

W'itnesses:

c R. B. MOSER, C. A. SELL. 

